Broken Hearts

Broken Hearts
Date	10/20/23
Storyteller	User
Tier	Expert, difficult
Player Characters	Siltmean the Craftrat, Tuli Mrysky, Damian Brooks, Chrysanthemum Lavandula Orchidaceae Delphinium Helianthus, Berta Stormhammer, Sheeri of the Frozen Wastes
Rewards	275 xp
Result	Partial success
Author	Siltmean
Downtime	1

Log

• Traveled to Rivergrove
• Grove near river
• Danger targets recently broken up couples
• See couple breaking up
• Sheeri, Chrys, Berta follow woman
• Damian, Tuli and I follow man
• Woman is named Belladonna
• Believes man, Ricarro, cheated on her with Rose
• Ricarro lives next door to Rose
• Ricarro did not cheat
• Long nights were him taking extra work shifts
• Wanted to earn ring for Belladonna
• All woman in village named after flowers
• Go investigate Rose
• Tuli watches Ricarro, Chrys watches Belladonna
• No luck with Rose, not home
• Belladonna tries to escape Chrys
• Runs into door
• Knocked unconscious
• Ricarro walks out back door
• Spotted by Tuli heading toward forest
• Tuli uses sleep arrow
• Collect both
• Voice in my head
• Urges me to bring them to forest
• Tries to play to my ego
• Does same to Damian
• Have jail hold both to keep safe
• Head into forest
• Living dead trees
• Burrowing flesh amalgamations hiding in bushes
• Like mandagoras - But not
• Not mandagoras have large radius sickening noises
• Also weak to fire
• Trees can reach up to 20 feet away with attacks
• Almost bring many of us down
• Sickness from not-mandagoras leaves Damian confused
• Kill trees and not-mandagoras
• Problem not solved
• Too tired to keep going
• Will have to return
• Issue identified; people saved
• Initial job succeeded, overall job not yet complete